DPA 218791 222946986 2008-07-01T21:31:19Z Mark bickley 3162878 '''DPA''' is a [[three-letter abbreviation]] with multiple meanings, including: *[[Danish Pedophile Association]] * Danish Pro Audio, the predecessor company of [[DPA Microphones]], a manufacturer of [[microphone]]s *[[Data Path Array]] is a Data Path Unit array as used e. g. for Reconfigurable Computing. *[[Data Protection Act]], a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to regulate the processing of information relating to individuals *[[Defence Procurement Agency]], an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence *[[Democratic Party of Albanians]], an ethnic Albanian political party in the Republic of Macedonia *[[Dental Practitioners' Association]], a trade union representing dentists in the UK *[[United Nations Department of Political Affairs|Department of Political Affairs]] of the United Nations *[[Destructive parts analysis]], an analysis performed to collect data on space-bound electrical components *[[Deutsche Presse-Agentur]] (''German News Agency''), founded 1949 in Germany and is a major worldwide media service *[[diagnostic peritoneal aspiration|Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration]], a surgical investigation to assess abdominal bleeding *[[Differential power analysis]], a cryptographic attack *[[Diphenylamine]], a chemical stabiliser used in homogeneous propellants to absorb the catalyst produced by the autocatalytic decomposition of propellants *Directorate of Public Affairs * Displacements per atom (dpa), a quantitative measure of the [[irradiation]] a material has undergone *[[Distributed Password Authentication]] *[[Doctor of Public Administration]], a terminal research degree in government *[[Down Peninsula Audio]], a record label *[[Drug Policy Alliance]] is the biggest anti-drug war advocacy group in the United States *Dubai Ports Authority, now merged to [[Dubai Ports World]] *IATA code for [[DuPage Airport]], located in West Chicago, Illinois {{disambig}} *[[David P. Anderson]] (born 1955), scientist at University of California, Berkeley, director of SETI@home and BOINC [[de:DPA]] [[it:DPA]] [[sv:DPA]]